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English: Campaign button for Hannibal Hamlin, 1860. Portrait appears in tintype. Hannibal Hamlin was vice presidential running mate to Abraham Lincoln, whose portrait appears on the other side of the button. One of the earliest examples of photographic images on political buttons.
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Mathew Benjamin Brady  (1822–1896)  wikidata:Q187850 q:pl:Mathew B. Brady
 
Mathew Benjamin Brady
Description American photographer, war photographer, photojournalist and journalist
Date of birth/death 18 May 1822 Edit this at Wikidata 15 January 1896 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death New York Manhattan
Work period from 1844 until circa 1887
date QS:P,+1887-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
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New York City, Washington, D.C.
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creator QS:P170,Q187850
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